Short Poems

Short Poems

Why a Short Poem?

A short poem may be a stylistic choice or it may be that you have said what you intended to say in a more concise way. Either way, they differ stylistically from a long poem in that there tends to be more care in word choice. Since there are fewer words people tend to spend more time on choosing a word that fits the subject to perfection. Because of this meticulous attitude, writing a short poem is often more tedious than writing a long poem.

63 Short and Simple Poems

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  1. 1. Snowflakes

    • By Sabina Laura
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.

    I caught snowflakes
    on my fingertips
    but they melted
    to my dismay.

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    • Rating 4.59
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    Awesome. When more of us realize that, the better off we all will be. I really like this poem.

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  3. 2. A Place To Be

    Ever gotten there?
    To that place where
    You have nothing to prove
    and can just be.

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    • Votes 41
    • Rating 4.56
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  5. 3. Just The Beginning

    • By Caroline White
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.

    one day
    it will be so clear –
    what you thought
    was the end,

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    • Favorited 30
    • Votes 147
    • Rating 4.52
  6. 4. Choose How You Spend Your Time

    • By Blake Auden
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2020 with permission of the Author.

    You cannot
    slow the setting
    of the sun.
    You can only choose

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    • Rating 4.50
  7. 5. The Dark Days Will Pass

    There will be dark days,
    when you feel alone
    with your aching heart
    but that doesn’t mean

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    • Rating 4.49
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    I think that is true to every person's life, and what he or she needs is patience that brings a glorious morning after a gloomy night. I had also once gone through such dark days, which later...

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  8. 6. Just The End

    • By S.L. Gray
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.

    I regret the end.

    The way we couldn't
    leave one another

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    • Votes 87
    • Rating 4.47
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    Wow! Good job. Sometimes hindsight will have us saying "What if?" And in the final review of an ended relationship, there may have been something else we could have done to make things work...

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  9. 7. Put Heartbreak To Rest

    Put heartbreak to rest.
    Untangle your soul
    from its tight grip.
    Say goodbye to the

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    • Rating 4.46
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    These are the word I needed just to be in peace. I have experienced broken relationship ties from friendship ties, family ties and relationship ties. It's hard to let go, but I have to....

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  10. 8. Like The Moon

    • By Sabina Laura
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

    I will be
    like the moon
    and learn to shine
    even when

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    • Votes 156
    • Rating 4.45
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    Very insightful. Self-love can be (and maybe should be) the first love we encounter. Even when we're not perfect.

  11. 9. Your Wounds

    Time doesn’t heal wounds
    to make you forget.

    It doesn’t heal wounds to

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    • Rating 4.45
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    Very nicely done. I totally agree with you. I've used this same approach in my own life. I think sometime we pay more attention to what we're about to go through instead of how much you've...

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  12. 10. What Healing Is Meant To Look Like

    • By Blake Auden
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

    I don’t know
    what healing
    is meant
    to look like,

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    • Stories 1
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    • Votes 103
    • Rating 4.45
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    I'm very fond of short, powerful, poems, and this is one for sure. Recovery can be the hardest thing we do, but it's always, always, worth it. Good write/read.

  13. 11. A Day Away

    • By Brian E Pardee
    • Published by Family Friend Poems May 2020 with permission of the Author.

    Some feelings are shallow, some feelings are deep.
    Some make us smile, some make us weep.

    Some we love, some we don't.

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    • Votes 1025
    • Rating 4.42
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    I, too, have dealt with depression most of my life. I have learned two things. Feelings are just that. They are fleeting. They come and they go. I have also learned to rely on my rock, my...

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  14. 12. The Girl I Used To Be

    Try as I may, try as I do,
    there are days when I wish
    I could go back
    to the girl I used to be

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    • Votes 12
    • Rating 4.42
  15. 13. These Stories We Wear

    • By Sabina Laura
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2021 with permission of the Author.

    these stories we wear –

    scars,
    stretchmarks,

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    • Votes 27
    • Rating 4.41
  16. 14. Be Proud Of Who You Are

    • By S Raine
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2010 with permission of the Author.

    I come with no wrapping or pretty pink bows.
    I am who I am, from my head to my toes.
    I tend to get loud when speaking my mind.
    Even a little crazy some of the time.

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    • Votes 6972
    • Rating 4.40
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    I love this poem! People are always trying to fit in and be normal. I've always disregarded being "normal." What's the point? Why would I be someone I am not? I am perfectly happy the way I...

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  17. 15. Camouflaged

    • By Kim McCrea
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2016 with permission of the Author.

    In all chaotic beauty lies a wounded work of art.
    Beautiful but torn, wreaking havoc on my heart.
    Camouflaged by insecurities, blinded by it all.
    I love the way you sit there and barely notice me at all.

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    • Votes 3095
    • Rating 4.40
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    With death being the only certainty of life, life is just a bit too short for regrets.
    Let's live while we're alive.
    Let's love while we're alive.
    Let's live and not just survive.

  18. 16. Worthy

    • By S.C. Lourie
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.

    Sometimes
    you’ve got to look
    straight into the
    tired eyes of the

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    • Stories 0
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    • Favorited 4
    • Votes 18
    • Rating 4.39
  19. 17. And The World Carries On

    • By Amy O Connor
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2020 with permission of the Author.

    The plates will still shift
    and the clouds will still spew.
    The sun will slowly rise
    and the moon will follow too.

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 8493
    • Favorited 31
    • Votes 688
    • Rating 4.39
    • Poem of the Day
    Featured Shared Story

    This poem is really so good. I feel this poem; it's just amazing.

  20. 18. Every Day Changes You

    • By Vic Lejon
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.

    every day changes you
    sometimes a lot
    sometimes barely
    but life never stops

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    • Shares 145
    • Favorited 14
    • Votes 49
    • Rating 4.39
  21. 19. Seeing Ourselves Clearly

    • By Lauren Bowman
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2020 with permission of the Author.

    It’s difficult to take in the entirety of something
    when you are standing inside of it.
    Valleys are best seen from peaks.
    Mountains from their bases.

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    • Stories 2
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    • Favorited 17
    • Votes 88
    • Rating 4.39
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    One should always keep an open mind when viewing the world around them, and what you say in your beautiful poem is so true, and other people often can see our inner beauty before we do. That...

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  22. 20. The Strength In You

    • By Blake Auden
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.

    There is
    a strength in you
    you haven’t even
    begun to find.

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 170
    • Favorited 21
    • Votes 78
    • Rating 4.39
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    So true in that we really don't know how one will react until one has been there and has done it! Suffering is an important life experience. Great poem, thanks.

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